In November 2014 YAE were awarded the ‘Young Legends’ award within the Tidy Towns competition. This substantial achievement demonstrates the YAE members continued commitment to a high level of youth engagement and development. The program has an explicit strengths-based theoretical foundation which believes young people are the experts of their experiences and have multifaceted and diverse skills, talents and assets. Therefore, the program is led by young people, with their interests and ideas prioritised.